so long freddie...

well, dallas had a pretty harsh storm last thursday morning...i think a small tornado might have swept through our area. the sky turned green, the winds were unreal, and the rain, thunder and lightening were crazy intense. we were left without power for 2 days.
day one i just dealt with it, not knowing when we'd get it back, but hopeful it was only a matter of hours. day 2 was slightly different. you see, building 1 was apparently on a different grid than us and got electricity back on after only 2 hours; so bringing back the camp-like feel, i strolled up to their small laundry room to blow dry my hair...
it was fun!
anyways, all this to say, my new friend, freddie, the turtle, is gone...i so enjoyed going by the pond, trying to spot him and say say, 'hello, freddie'. after the storm, we noticed the waters were getting really close to the edge and were worried about all the koy fish and freddie getting swept out...
then i really started to worry when i could not find him. normally i could spot him, even if it took a while and he'd swim up to say hi, (though i think all this time, his friendliness was really just to check and see if i had food with me). but i guess i'll never know.
a couple days later, he was still not to be found, and i spotted a smaller, spunkier turtle, swimming around.
it sure wasn't freddie, this guy was 1/3 the size and much more dramatic in his coloring...
he was skittish and fled quickly upon any move i made.
but he is cute and i guess i can get to like him, too, i just miss freddie.
later i discovered, the groundskeeper took freddie to a near by creek, b/c he, too, was worried the high water level might wash him out and then he'd risk getting hit by a car, on his slow trek to the nearby creek...
so, i will probably never see him again, but matt comforted me with a thought that a new, more exciting life awaits freddie every day now, rather than the same old thing, day after day in that small pond.
so long freddie.